OAuth.io
Infrastructure
authentication service
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 13 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.50.
Idea: 2 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Saves time versus implementing several OAuth providers by hand
From 2 comments
I feel it is made for fast Oauth integration. We use 4 oauth providers into one of our app, and it took us really 4 full days to implement them without bug. We are not Oauth…
nadiac on HNNice stuff! Definitely beats using Gigya or Janrain which cost quite a bit. This is the only part we were interested in anyway so... Are you guys planning on adding services and…
jmelul on HN
Cheaper than Gigya or Janrain
From 1 comment
Nice stuff! Definitely beats using Gigya or Janrain which cost quite a bit. This is the only part we were interested in anyway so... Are you guys planning on adding services and…
jmelul on HN
Objections
Adds an untrusted intermediary that can see user data
From 1 comment
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5777102 From a security perspective, this is a horrible idea, adding a completely untrusted intermediary. OAuth.io will…
Titanous on HN
Single provider revocation could take down all customers
From 1 comment
Worse than that. You are at the mercy of what service providers think of both them AND all of their clients. Suppose that they have a customer who uses their service to install…
btilly on HN
Unclear value; the service is a step backward for OAuth
From 2 comments
I think this is a step backward. The OAuth specs were designed to make it easier to work with different services and now we have to utilize yet another service to communicate…
sondh on HNThanks for the correction. In that case, I fail to see the value add that they claim to provide.
btilly on HN
Back button is broken on the site
From 2 comments
A bit annoying that the site breaks the back button.
n1cked on HNThanks for breaking my back button.
bobwaycott on HN
Requests
Provide a public list of the 70 providers without sign-up
From 1 comment
This is still beta page. I can't see list of 70 providers.
alpb on HN
Add a description or explainer of what the service does
From 1 comment
So... Where can I find more information on what this is and how it works? There isn't even a description on the website on what oauth.io is, just a small code snippet. Why am I…
Avalaxy on HN
Allow registration via OAuth
From 2 comments
I clicked the login button on your oauth.io site' and I was surprised to see a basic email/password form. Why not use your own product to allow login through Facebook, twitter,…
calebclark on HNI can't register on their website using OAuth? Really?
aymeric on HN
Questions
Will more services be added and maintained over time?
From 1 comment
Nice stuff! Definitely beats using Gigya or Janrain which cost quite a bit. This is the only part we were interested in anyway so... Are you guys planning on adding services and…
jmelul on HN
Alternatives named
Gigya and Janrain
From 1 comment
Nice stuff! Definitely beats using Gigya or Janrain which cost quite a bit. This is the only part we were interested in anyway so... Are you guys planning on adding services and…
jmelul on HN
HybridAuth
From 2 comments
I think this is a step backward. The OAuth specs were designed to make it easier to work with different services and now we have to utilize yet another service to communicate…
sondh on HNI would recommend rolling your own consumers, or using one of the following libraries: - http://hybridauth.sourceforge.net/ (PHP) - https://github.com/intridea/omniauth (Ruby)…
canadev on HN
OmniAuth
From 1 comment
I would recommend rolling your own consumers, or using one of the following libraries: - http://hybridauth.sourceforge.net/ (PHP) - https://github.com/intridea/omniauth (Ruby)…
canadev on HN